Match-holder.



MAXAMILIAN JAEGER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

MATCH-HOLDER.

Specification of ,Letters Patent.

' Application filed January 22, 1906. Serial No. 297.189.

Patented Dec. 25, 1906.

To all whom it may concern: w

'Be it known that I, MAXAMILIAN JAEGER, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city of New York, borou h of Brooklyn, in thecounty of Kings and tate of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedMatch-Holder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to improvements in match-holders, the objectbeing to provide a device of this character that may be attached to awall or similar support and adapted to hold a full box of matches and soconstruct-' ed that the matches will automaticallyfeed downward to beremoved one at a time, thus preventing waste of matches and obviatingdanger from fire by matches falling on the floor and igniting "by aperson's shoes, as sometimes happens.

I will describe amatch holder embodyin -my invention and then point outthe nove features in the appended claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of.this specification, in which similar characters of referenceindicateicorresponding parts in both figures;

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a matchholder embodying myinvention,,and Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation thereof.

The match-holder consists of a box 1, of any suitable material as, forinstance, metal the said box having an opening at its top provided witha cover, here shown a hinged connection with the box; bui it may beotherwise applied without departing from. the spirit of my invention.

The back ll of the box near the top is provided with an "opening 3 forreceiving a nail or the like, and a similar openin 4 is formed in adownward extension 5 of said back 'wall, and this extension is providedwitha roughened or abrading surface 6, on which the matches may bescratched.

t the lower portion of the boxis a tray 7 for receiving matches, thistray being providedat its center with a notch 8, so that a person mayconveniently grasp a match with his thumb and forefinger. 1

The front wall 9 at the bottom above the ,tray is inclined downward andrearward and having.

is provided at the center with an opening 10, so that matches may bereadily reached for agitating the same should the matches become cloggedor stuck in the box.

At the sides of the opening 10 are downwardly and outwardly curvedmembers 11, which serve as guides to direct matches into the tray andhold the same straight across the tray. The bottom rear wall 12 isinclined downward and forward, so that the matches will slide down thesame under neath the guidemembers 10. The front of the tray at thebottom has a trough-shaped portion 13 adapted to receive a single matchwhich is tobe removed.

A match-holder embodying my invention is very simple in construction,inexpensive,

and, as before stated, will practically revent the Waste of matches orthe accidenta out of the matches.

While I have described the device as a holder for matches, it is obviousthat it may pi used as a holder for toothpicks or the falling Havingthus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent Amatch-holderconsisting of a box adapted to receive matches with theiroriginal-packages, a rear wall of the box being provided with anail-openin near the top, the said well also havinga ownward extensionprodownwardly-convided with a nail-opening ver ent,front and rear wallsat the lower end of t e box, the said inclined rear wall terminating ina forwardly-projecting tray having a trough in its front portion forreceiving a single match, the bottom of said tray having anoutwardlyopening notch, the said front wall having an opening, and guidemembers projecting downward at opposite sides of'the opening. l

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresenceof two subscribing witnesses.

MAXAM'ILIAN JAEGEB.

Witnesses I ALBERT REICHENBACH, Tnnonon Issue.

